Book Gila

Monday, September 3, 2012

I haven't been tracking my reads for the past few months. That's terrible. I like to have a list to look back to and feel that sense of accomplishment for.

So let's start again. These are my reads for August 2012

1) Hector Finds Time by Francois Leland
2) Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
3) Secret Diary of a Demented Housewifeby Niamh Greene
4) This Duchess of Mine by Eloisa James
5) Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

I love buying books as much as reading them. Since buying is a lot speedier than reading, every year I end up with a growing stack of books to be read.

Then comes the dilemma of what to read next. I find it helpful to periodically list down 5 books I intend to read. I don't end up reading them in order, or reading them as the next five books, but after a couple of months I find I would have read at last four of them.

So here's my list of 5 books I would like to read next.
1) The Shadow of The Wind byCarlos Ruiz Zafón
2) Life, The Universe, And Everything by Douglas Adams
3) Fight Cub by Chuck Palahniuk
4) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
5) Thud! by Terry Pratchett

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I started the year with a 50 book goal, and finished with a 66 books read count!
But I got stuck in Regency Romances, reading ALL of Julia Quinn's books, a number of Lisa Kleypass's and sampling a few others writers of the genre - and that pushed up the numbers of read books substantially.

A regency romance novel would take about 2 days to finish, while a Terry Practchett will take a week plus. But both are oh so enjoyable!

I ended up reading 35 romances/ chick-lit and 31 other books this year. So happy to have read some awesomely awesome books this year - highlighted in blue below.

Here's my full read list of 2011.

1) Me & Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
2) The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad3) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams4) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5) Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
6) Brighter Than The Sun by Julia Quinn
7) The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
8) Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
9) Splendid by Julia Quinn
10) What Happens In London by Julia Quinn

11) Faust Eric by Terry Pratchett
12) Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord
13) Life Coach by Pam Richardson
14) Minx by Julia Quinn
15) To Catch a Heiress by Julia Quinn
16) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
17) To Sir Philip, With Love by Julia Quinn
18) Some Girls : My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
19) Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn
20) Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn

21) Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
22) Tales of Beedle The Bard by J K Rowling
23) How To Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
24) When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
25) The Lover by Marguerite Duras
26) Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
27) Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
28) The Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever
29) What I Talk When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
30) It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn

31) The Viscount who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
32) The Greatness Guide 2 by Robin Sharma
33) Small Gods by Terry Pratchett34) Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
35) It Happened One Night by Various Authors
36) The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
37) Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
38) The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
39) The Witch of Portabello by Paulo Coelho
40) On The Way To The Wedding by Julia Quinn

41) Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
42) An Offer From A Gentleman by Julia Quinn
43) The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
44) How to Get Things Done by Ann Jackman
45) Soul Music by Terry Pratchett46) Firmin by Sam Savage
47) The Book of Scandal by Julia London48) The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee
49) Lady Most Likely by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway50) Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

51) The Weight of a Mustard Seed by Wendell Steavenson
52) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
53) Who's That Girl? by Alexandra Potter54) Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
55) Making Money by Terry Pratchett
56) Secrets of a Perfect Night by Stephanie Laurens, Victoria Alexander, Rachel Gibson
57) Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas
58) Forbidden by Jo Beverly
59) When Beauty Tamed The Beast by Eloisa James
60) Tempt Me At Twilight by Lisa Kleypas

Sunday, September 4, 2011

45) Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
46) Firmin by Sam Savage
47) The Book of Scandal by Julia London
48) The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee
49) Lady Most Likely by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway

Monday, June 6, 2011

36) The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
37) Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
38) The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
39) The Witch of Portabello by Paulo Coelho
40) On The Way To The Wedding by Julia Quinn
41) Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
42) An Offer From A Gentleman by Julia Quinn
43) The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
44) How to Get Things Done by Ann Jackman

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The desert glare had scrunched his eyes into a permanent squint, leaving his face capable of only two expressions: skepticism and amusement. No matter what I said for the rest of the night, I could never tell if he thought I was hilarious or full of shit.